From "A Farewell to Arms" to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor, thousands of artistic works will enter the public domain in the United States on Wednesday.&nbsp;
US copyright law expires after 95 years for books, films and other works of art, while sound recordings from 1924 will also be copyright-free.
By entering the public domain, the pieces can be copied, shared, reproduced, or adapted by anyone without paying the rights owner.
This year's crop includes internationally recognized figures such as the comic character Tintin, who made his debut in a Belgian newspaper in 1929, and Popeye the Sailor, created by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar.&nbsp;
Every December, the Center for the Study of the Public Domain publishes a list of the cultural works that lose their copyright in the new year.
The center, part of the Duke University School of Law in the southeastern US state of North Carolina, makes the list available on its website for anyone to peruse.
"In past years we have celebrated an exciting cast of public domain characters: the original Mickey Mouse and Winnie-the-Pooh, and the final iterations of Sherlock Holmes from Arthur Conan Doyle's stories," center director Jennifer Jenkins wrote on its website.
"In 2025 copyright expires over more aspects of Mickey from his 1929 incarnations, along with the initial versions of Popeye and Tintin."
Among the literary works entering the US public domain on January 1 are the novels "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner, "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway, "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf, and the first English translation of "All Quiet on the Western Front" by the German author Erich Maria Remarque.
Films that will be in the public domain include Blackmail, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and The Black Watch, the first sound film by Oscar-winning director John Ford.
Musical compositions published in 1929, such as "Bolero" by French composer Maurice Ravel and "An American in Paris" by George Gershwin, will lose their copyrights, though only recordings from 1924 or earlier will be in the public domain.

US copyright law expires after 95 years for books, films, and other works of art, while sound recordings from 1924 will also be copyright-free. The pieces can now be copied, shared, reproduced, or adapted by anyone without paying the rights owner.

From "A Farewell to Arms" to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor, thousands of artistic works will enter the public domain in the United States on Wednesday. US copyright law expires after 95 years for books, films and other works of art, while sound recordings from 1924 will also be copyright-free. By entering the public domain, the pieces can be copied, shared, reproduced, or adapted by anyone without paying the rights owner. This year's crop includes internationally recognized figures such as the comic character Tintin, who made his debut in a Belgian newspaper in 1929, and Popeye the Sailor, created by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar. Every December, the Center for the Study of the Public Domain publishes a list of the cultural works that lose their copyright in the new year. The center, part of the Duke University School of Law in the southeastern US state of North Carolina, makes the list available on its website for anyone to peruse. "In past years we have celebrated an exciting cast of public domain characters: the original Mickey Mouse and Winnie-the-Pooh, and the final iterations of Sherlock Holmes from Arthur Conan Doyle's stories," center director Jennifer Jenkins wrote on its website. "In 2025 copyright expires over more aspects of Mickey from his 1929 incarnations, along with the initial versions of Popeye and Tintin." Among the literary works entering the US public domain on January 1 are the novels "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner, "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway, "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf, and the first English translation of "All Quiet on the Western Front" by the German author Erich Maria Remarque. Films that will be in the public domain include Blackmail, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and The Black Watch, the first sound film by Oscar-winning director John Ford. Musical compositions published in 1929, such as "Bolero" by French composer Maurice Ravel and "An American in Paris" by George Gershwin, will lose their copyrights, though only recordings from 1924 or earlier will be in the public domain.

Tintin, Popeye, Hemingway among US copyrights expiring in 2025

A Tintin drawing by the Belgian artist Herge sold Thursday in Paris for 3.175 million euros ($3.86 million), breaking the record for the most expensive comic book art in history.

The painting is the work of Belgian illustrator Georges Remi, better known by his nom de plume Herge, who was the author of the&nbsp;Tintin&nbsp;comic books. He died in 1983.

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The 1936 work in Chinese ink, gouache and watercolour was destined as a cover for ''The Blue Lotus,''&nbsp;the fifth volume of the adventures of Tintin,&nbsp;according to the Artcurial auction house, which conducted the sale.

The work features a red dragon on a black background by the frightened character's face. It never graced store shelves because it was deemed too expensive to reproduce on a wide scale, a victim of the artist's craftsmanship.

In the pre-World War album,&nbsp;Tintin travels to China during the 1931 Japanese invasion with his dog, Snowy, to investigate and expose Japanese spy networks, drug-smuggling rings and other crimes.

Herge's publisher rejected the painting, and a different Herge image was used for the cover.

The illustrator gave the rejected image as a gift for Jean-Louis Casterman, heir to the publishing house that published the&nbsp;Tintin&nbsp;books.

The painting was kept by Casterman, folded in a drawer. Until his death, he declined offers to sell the work, saying he treasured it as a gift from Herge, according to Eric Leroy, a&nbsp;comic book expert at Artcurial.

"It's the most beautiful item that's on the market in private hands," Leroy said before the sale.

The 3.2 million euro sale price is before the auctioneer's fees are added. The buyer was a private collector, whom the auction house did not identify.

The record price set at Thursday's sale organized by the Artcurial auction house did not include auction fees.

Work by Herg, whose real name was Georges Remi, previously set the record for the most expensive pieces of comic book art with the front pages of Tintin comic books that also sold for 2.6 million euros, including auction fees.&nbsp;

A Tintin drawing by the Belgian artist Herge sold Thursday in Paris for 3.175 million euros ($3.86 million), breaking the record for the most expensive comic book art in history.

A Tintin drawing by the Belgian artist Herge sold Thursday in Paris for 3.175 million euros ($3.86 million), breaking the record for the most expensive comic book art in history. The painting is the work of Belgian illustrator Georges Remi, better known by his nom de plume Herge, who was the author of the Tintin comic books. He died in 1983. The 1936 work in Chinese ink, gouache and watercolour was destined as a cover for ''The Blue Lotus,'' the fifth volume of the adventures of Tintin, according to the Artcurial auction house, which conducted the sale. The work features a red dragon on a black background by the frightened character's face. It never graced store shelves because it was deemed too expensive to reproduce on a wide scale, a victim of the artist's craftsmanship. In the pre-World War album, Tintin travels to China during the 1931 Japanese invasion with his dog, Snowy, to investigate and expose Japanese spy networks, drug-smuggling rings and other crimes. Herge's publisher rejected the painting, and a different Herge image was used for the cover. The illustrator gave the rejected image as a gift for Jean-Louis Casterman, heir to the publishing house that published the Tintin books. The painting was kept by Casterman, folded in a drawer. Until his death, he declined offers to sell the work, saying he treasured it as a gift from Herge, according to Eric Leroy, a comic book expert at Artcurial. "It's the most beautiful item that's on the market in private hands," Leroy said before the sale. The 3.2 million euro sale price is before the auctioneer's fees are added. The buyer was a private collector, whom the auction house did not identify. The record price set at Thursday's sale organized by the Artcurial auction house did not include auction fees. Work by Herg, whose real name was Georges Remi, previously set the record for the most expensive pieces of comic book art with the front pages of Tintin comic books that also sold for 2.6 million euros, including auction fees.

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